WENT (AWAY) Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

went (away)

verb

Definition of went (away)

past tense of go (away)

as in disappeared

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Verb

But the star center disappeared Sunday while battling an emotional return to Utah.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
What struck her was how quickly the usual adult social script disappeared.

— Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappeared

Verb

The urban middle classes are in despair because the bursting of a real estate bubble — deliberately engineered by Xi — has evaporated the value of their main asset.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Fierro said the community watched as jobs, cattle sales and even tax revenue from the diesel fuel used to transport the animals evaporated due to the closures.

— Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of evaporated

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Brush remaining 1/4 cup melted butter over dough, leaving about 1 inch unfilled along one of the long sides.

— Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2026
Rather than being stitched together, costumes are often heat bonded, with the plastic melted at the edges to join pieces.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of melted

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To win over Hispanic voters who fled regimes in countries like Cuba and Venezuela, the GOP has tapped into fears of a socialist takeover, fueled by the rise of increasingly progressive Democratic candidates.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Many of them fled to the south to escape famine and economic hardship.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of fled

Verb

This wasn't my first root touch-up rodeo, and other kits just haven't been able to stamp out all my truly stubborn, pain-in-the-ass grays, and/or the color has faded away in a week or two.

— Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Nov. 2026
That turmoil faded as President Joe Biden tightened immigration enforcement after Trump clamped down even more.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of faded

Verb

The race is widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country's history.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
The race was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country’s history.

— Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

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